Wanderings in OB – Our Concrete Canvases

On my recent OB wanderings I tried to document some of the “concrete canvases” that decorate our sidewalks and buildings.

I’m not sure where the line is between illegal graffiti and art but in general I feel these colorful, inspirational, informative, historical, and sometimes humorous works represent the freedom of expression and lifestyle many OBceans revel in.

Methinks one of the vandals lives somewhere on Bacon south of Newport – all sorts of interesting and (in my opinion anyway) cool sidewalk art to check out when I’m walking into town. They occasionally hit the yellow caution signs at the end of Coronado, but that seems to piss off the powers that be, as those stencils never seem to last long.

Never met them, but I’m guessing it’s a family that always has a chunk of Cable sidewalk chalked up with kid-friendly art. You can tell if my daughter’s had a sleepover recently, because our driveway will be colorfully chalked up too. Goldsmith hasn’t sued me over her flowers and rainbows yet…

Thats funny Dave, I thought of that big stink with the bank and Goldsmith when I found the chalk art. I do believe its a family and they regularly decorate the sidewalk in front of their home. Some inspirational words often appear and even a cautionary stop sign chalked at the sidewalk/alley crossing. I think its great!!

Seadancer – please allow the Rag to share your images, as we do with Chuck. We would love it if someone or someones would document all the murals in and around OB, plus all the utility box artwork. Just saying …

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